Dave Meltzer shoots down reports that Lesnar’s people have confirmed a July return to action for the UFC heavyweight champ:
There is nothing to the story of Brock Lesnar on his supposed Facebook account saying he will be fighting in July. It was posted there, but according to people very close to him it’s not true. [...]
Here’s a video of Frank Shamrock teaching how to properly set up and apply a rear naked choke:
Fighting pioneer and MMA legend Igor Vovchanchyn is featured in this highlight video:
And while we’re on the subject of ‘El Guapo’, here he is demonstrating how to apply a neck crank submission:
If you’ve got an hour to kill, here’s a video seminar from Eddie Bravo aka ‘Master of the Rubber Guard’
Here’s a fun clip of Inoki giving the ‘toukon‘ slap to a kid at a school he’s visiting. Inoki asked the boys to take their shot and the second kid shows some good form. Inoki delivers the slap much for the same reason that he did to Machida: as a show of [...]
A lot of people have asked me about the video below, where Antonio Inoki slaps a young Lyoto Machida after ‘The Dragon’ wins a match. Here’s the video and we’ll explain it below:
Some people have said Inoki was pissed at Machida or disappointed in his performance. Actually, the title of the YouTube clip [...]
Mixed martial arts is becoming a major betting sport, which is a very tidy convergence of my past and present vocations as a professional sports handicapper and fight sport journalism god. Not to toot my own horn, but I was one of the first handicappers to seriously work on MMA back when most people—bookmakers [...]
DREAM has added several non-tournament fights to their DREAM 7 MMA event scheduled to take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo on March 8th. In addition to the featherweight GP first round and the previously announced Shinya Aoki/David Gardner fight there will be a lightweight battle between Tatsuya Kawajiri and Ross Ebanez [...]
Good news out of the Keystone State where Pennsylvania has become the latest to join the rest of us in the 21st century and regulate MMA:
Pennsylvania has joined the growing number of states to allow Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA, events, now that the State Athletic Commission has approved final regulations for the sport, Secretary [...]
